Political Quotes

“I feel the TEAM Act is a common sense measure designed to eliminate a Government-imposed restraint on America's competitiveness. This country, our companies, and our workers must increasingly compete in a world economy. Every shortcoming of a company, whether it is bloated management, undereducated employees, or excessive debt, can doom that company today. This reality faces high-tech firms with Asian competition and traditional industries struggling against the developing nations. It is a one-world economy, and I commend the managers of this bill for bringing forth this legislation to free the bonds and loosen the shackles and restraints on the American worker today to get out and compete with workers all over the world. How different that was in 1935 when, incidentally, this country regrettably was in a period of isolation and our markets were within our own States or across State borders. Then the Wagner Act. That act presently throws into doubt all kinds of employee involvement programs.”